George P. Gwinett v. Albatross S.S. Co., Inc., and Astra Steamship Corporation

The plaintiff was instructed to repair a generator without assistance from others. In so doing he injured himself by lifting a part of the machine which on a prior occasion he had handled without injury. The first cause of action was based on negligence in causing this injury.

The appellant contends that it was erroneous to charge the jury that under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 negligence should be based on the foreseeability of harm and that it should measure conduct by what a reasonable man would do. Instead, appellant contends, the jury should have been instructed that the work order…